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§ 10.1-1187.5. Reporting - A. Participants shall submit annual reports in a format and...
§ 10.1-1187.6. Approval of alternate compliance methods - A. To the extent consistent with federal law and notwithstanding...
§ 10.1-1187.7. Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards - The Governor's Environmental Excellence Awards shall be awarded each year...
§ 10.1-1188. State agencies to submit environmental impact reports on major projects - A. All state agencies, boards, authorities and commissions or any...
§ 10.1-1188.1. Department of Transportation to consider wildlife corridors - The Department of Transportation (VDOT) shall, as part of the...
§ 10.1-1189. Department to review report and make statement to Governor - Within sixty days of the receipt of the environmental impact...
§ 10.1-1190. Approval of Governor required for construction of facility - The State Comptroller shall not authorize payments of funds from...
§ 10.1-1191. Development of procedures, etc., for administration of chapter - The Department shall, in conjunction with other state agencies, coordinate...
§ 10.1-1192. Cooperation of state agencies - All departments, commissions, boards, authorities, agencies, offices and institutions within...
§ 10.1-1193. Watershed planning; watershed permitting; promotion and coordination - A. The Department, with the assistance of the Watershed Planning...
§ 10.1-1194. Watershed Planning and Permitting Coordination Task Force created; membership; duties - A. There is hereby created the Watershed Planning and Permitting...
§ 10.1-1195. Watershed planning and permitting advisory panels - The Task Force may name qualified persons to advisory panels...
§ 10.1-1196. Guiding definition and principles - A. The Department, the Task Force and any advisory panels...
§ 10.1-1197. Cooperation of state agencies - All agencies of the Commonwealth shall cooperate with the Department...
§ 10.1-1197.1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1197.2. Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund established; administration; collection of money - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-1197.3. Purposes of Fund; loans to small businesses; administrative costs - A. Moneys in the Fund shall be used to make...
§ 10.1-1197.4. Annual audit - The Auditor of Public Accounts shall annually audit the accounts...
§ 10.1-1197.5. Definitions - As used in this article: "Energy storage facility" means energy...
§ 10.1-1197.6. Permit by rule for small renewable energy projects - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 10.1-1186.2:1, the Department shall...
§ 10.1-1197.7. Review and authorization of projects - A. Upon submission of a complete application, the Department, after...
§ 10.1-1197.8. Limitation of State Corporation Commission authority - A. If the owner or operator of a small renewable...
§ 10.1-1197.9. Enforcement; civil penalties; criminal penalties; injunctive relief - A. Any person violating or failing, neglecting, or refusing to...
§ 10.1-1197.10. Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants - Upon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon consent of the...
§ 10.1-1197.11. Information to be furnished to Department - Except as otherwise specified in this article, the Department may...
Chapter 11.2 - Voluntary Environmental Assessment
§ 10.1-1198. Voluntary environmental assessment privilege - A. For purposes of this chapter, unless the context requires...
§ 10.1-1199. Immunity against administrative or civil penalties for voluntarily disclosed violation - To the extent consistent with requirements imposed by federal law,...
Chapter 12 - Environmental Quality
§ 10.1-1200. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 887.
§ 10.1-1213. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, cc. 464 and 887.
Chapter 12.1 - Brownfield Restoration and Land Renewal Act
§ 10.1-1230. Definitions - As used in this chapter: "Authority" means the Virginia Resources...
§ 10.1-1231. Brownfield restoration and land renewal policy and programs - It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth to encourage...
§ 10.1-1232. Voluntary Remediation Program - A. The Virginia Waste Management Board shall promulgate regulations to...
§ 10.1-1233. Amnesty for voluntary disclosure and restoration of brownfield sites - The Director may, consistent with programs developed under the federal...
§ 10.1-1234. Limitations on liability - A. The Director may, consistent with programs developed under the...
§ 10.1-1235. Limitation on liability at remediated properties under the jurisdiction of the Comprehensive Environmental Response, Compensation and Liability Act - A. Any person not otherwise liable under state law or...
§ 10.1-1236. Access to abandoned brownfield sites - A. Any local government or agency of the Commonwealth may...
§ 10.1-1237. Virginia Brownfields Restoration and Economic Redevelopment Assistance Fund established; uses - A. There is hereby created and set apart a special,...
Chapter 12.2 - Uniform Environmental Covenants Act
§ 10.1-1238. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1239. Nature of rights; subordination of interests - A. Any person, including a person that owns an interest...
§ 10.1-1240. Contents of environmental covenant - A. An environmental covenant shall: 1. State that the instrument...
§ 10.1-1241. Effect on other instruments; validity - A. An environmental covenant that complies with this chapter runs...
§ 10.1-1242. Relationship to other land use law - This chapter does not authorize a use of real property...
§ 10.1-1243. Notice - A. A copy of an environmental covenant shall be provided...
§ 10.1-1244. Recording - A. An environmental covenant and any amendment or termination of...
§ 10.1-1245. Duration; amendment by court action - A. An environmental covenant is perpetual unless it is: 1....
§ 10.1-1246. Amendment or termination by consent - A. An environmental covenant may be amended or terminated by...
§ 10.1-1247. Enforcement of environmental covenant - A. A civil action for injunctive or other equitable relief...
§ 10.1-1248. Fees; Environmental Covenants Fund established - A. The Department shall establish fees, to be paid by...
§ 10.1-1249. Relation to Electronic Signatures in Global and National Commerce Act - This chapter modifies, limits, or supersedes the federal Electronic Signatures...
§ 10.1-1250. Regulations - The Department may, as necessary, adopt regulations to implement the...
Chapter 13 - Air Pollution Control Board
§ 10.1-1300. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1300.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the Board, the Department, or the...
§ 10.1-1301. State Air Pollution Control Board; membership; terms; vacancies - The State Air Pollution Control Board shall be composed of...
§ 10.1-1302. Qualifications of members of Board - The members of the Board shall be citizens of the...
§ 10.1-1303. Chairman of the Board; Executive Director; cooperation of state agencies - The Board shall elect its own chairman. The Governor shall...
§ 10.1-1304. Meetings of Board; quorum - The Board shall meet at least four times a year....
§ 10.1-1305. Records of proceedings of Board - The Board shall keep a complete and accurate record of...
§ 10.1-1306. Inspections, investigations, etc. - The Department shall make, or cause to be made, such...
§ 10.1-1307. Further powers and duties of Board and Department - A. The Board shall have the power to control and...
§ 10.1-1307.01. Further duties of Board and Department; localities particularly affected - A. The Board, before promulgating a regulation under consideration, or...
§ 10.1-1307.02. Permit for generation of electricity during ISO-declared emergency - A. As used in this section: "Emergency generation source" means...
§ 10.1-1307.03. Requirements applicable to Outer Continental Shelf sources - A. As used in this section: "Outer Continental Shelf" has...
§ 10.1-1307.04. Greenhouse gas emissions inventory - A. The Department shall conduct a comprehensive statewide baseline and...
§ 10.1-1307.05. Low-emissions and zero-emissions vehicle standards - A. As used in this section: "LEV" means low-emission vehicle....
§ 10.1-1307.1. Department continued; appointment of Director - A. The Department of Air Pollution Control is continued as...
§ 10.1-1307.2. Powers and duties of the Executive Director - A. The Executive Director, under the direction and control of...
§ 10.1-1307.3. Executive Director to enforce laws - A. The Executive Director or his duly authorized representative shall...
§ 10.1-1308. Regulations - A. The Board, after having studied air pollution in the...
§ 10.1-1308.01. Qualified fumigation facilities - A. For the purposes of this section, a "qualified fumigation...
§ 10.1-1308.1. Streamlined permitting process for qualified energy generators - A. As used in this section: "Biomass" means organic material...
§ 10.1-1309. Issuance of special orders; civil penalties - A. The Department shall have the power to issue special...
§ 10.1-1309.1. Special orders; penalties - The Department is authorized to issue special orders in compliance...
§ 10.1-1310. Decision of Department pursuant to hearing - Any decision by the Department rendered pursuant to hearings under...
§ 10.1-1310.1. Notification of local government - Upon determining that there has been a violation of this...
§ 10.1-1311. Penalties for noncompliance; judicial review - A. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations providing for...
§ 10.1-1312. Air pollution control districts - A. The Department may create, within any area of the...
§ 10.1-1313. State Advisory Board on Air Pollution - The Department is authorized to name qualified persons to a...
§ 10.1-1314. Owners to furnish plans, specifications and information - Every owner which the Department has reason to believe is...
§ 10.1-1314.1. Protection of trade secrets - Any information, except emissions data, reported to or otherwise obtained...
§ 10.1-1315. Right of entry - Whenever it is necessary for the purposes of this chapter,...
§ 10.1-1316. Enforcement and civil penalties - A. Any owner violating or failing, neglecting or refusing to...
§ 10.1-1316.1. Severe ozone nonattainment areas; fees - A. Except as provided in subsection C, any owner of...
§ 10.1-1317. Judicial review of regulations of Board - The validity of any regulation may be determined through judicial...
§ 10.1-1318. Appeal from decision of Department - A. Any owner aggrieved by a final decision of the...
§ 10.1-1319. Appeal to Court of Appeals - The Commonwealth or any party aggrieved by any final decision...
§ 10.1-1320. Penalties; chapter not to affect right to relief or to maintain action - Any owner knowingly violating any provision of this chapter, Board...
§ 10.1-1320.1. Duty of attorney for the Commonwealth - It shall be the duty of every attorney for the...
§ 10.1-1321. Local ordinances - A. Existing local ordinances adopted prior to July 1, 1972,...
§ 10.1-1321.1. When application for permit considered complete - A. No application for a permit for a new or...
§ 10.1-1322. Permits - A. Pursuant to regulations adopted by the Board, permits may...
§ 10.1-1322.01. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2022, c. 356, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1322.1. Air Pollution Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys - A. Notwithstanding the provisions of § 2.2-1802, all moneys collected...
§ 10.1-1322.2. Preliminary program permit fees - A. Prior to the adoption and implementation of a permit...
§ 10.1-1322.3. Emissions trading programs; emissions credits; Board to promulgate regulations - In accordance with § 10.1-1308, the Board may promulgate regulations...
§ 10.1-1322.4. Permit modifications for alternative fuels or raw materials - Unless required by federal law or regulation, no additional permit...
§ 10.1-1322.5. Virginia Electric Vehicle Grant Fund and Program; report - A. As used in this section: "Department" means the Department...
§ 10.1-1323. Small business stationary source technical and environmental compliance assistance program - A. There is hereby created within the Department a small...
§ 10.1-1324. Office of Small Business Ombudsman created - An Office of Small Business Ombudsman is hereby created within...
§ 10.1-1325. Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Panel created; membership; terms; compensation and expenses - The Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Panel (the Panel) is...
§ 10.1-1326. Duties of the Advisory Board - The Small Business Environmental Compliance Advisory Board shall: 1. Render...
§ 10.1-1327. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2011, c. 291, cl. 1.
§ 10.1-1329. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1330. Clean Energy and Community Flood Preparedness - A. The provisions of this article shall be incorporated by...
§ 10.1-1331. Energy conversion or energy tolling agreements - If the Governor seeks to include the Commonwealth as a...
§ 10.1-1332. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1333. Permitting process for clean coal projects - To the extent authorized by federal law, the Department of...
Chapter 14 - Virginia Waste Management Act
§ 10.1-1400. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1400.1. Certified mail; subsequent mail or notices may be sent by regular mail - Whenever in this chapter the Board, the Department, or the...
§ 10.1-1401. Virginia Waste Management Board continued - A. The Virginia Waste Management Board shall consist of seven...
§ 10.1-1402. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board shall carry out the purposes and provisions of...
§ 10.1-1402.01. Further duties of Board; localities particularly affected - After June 30, 1994, before promulgating any regulation under consideration...
§ 10.1-1402.02. Use, reuse, or reclamation of coal combustion by-product in a flood plain - Notwithstanding any other provision of this article, for any project...
§ 10.1-1402.03. Closure of certain coal combustion residuals units - A. For the purposes of this section only: "Carrying cost"...
§ 10.1-1402.04. Closure of certain coal combustion residuals units; Giles and Russell Counties - A. For the purposes of this section: "Carrying cost" means...
§ 10.1-1402.1. Permit fee regulations - Regulations promulgated by the Board which establish a permit fee...
§ 10.1-1402.1:1. Annual fees for nonhazardous solid waste management facilities - A. In addition to the permit fees assessed and collected...
§ 10.1-1402.2. Permit Program Fund established; use of moneys - A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in...
§ 10.1-1402.3. Conformance with federal requirements - Notwithstanding the provisions of this article, any fee system developed...
§ 10.1-1403. Advisory committees - The Governor shall appoint such advisory committees as he may...
§ 10.1-1404. Department continued; general powers - A. The Department of Waste Management is continued. The Department...
§ 10.1-1405. Powers and duties of Director - A. The Director, under the direction and control of the...
§ 10.1-1406. Exemptions from liability; expedited settlements - A. No person shall be liable under the provisions of...
§ 10.1-1406.1. Access to abandoned waste sites - A. For the purposes of this section, "abandoned waste site"...
§ 10.1-1406.2. Conditional exemption for coal and mineral mining overburden or solid waste - The provisions of this chapter shall not apply to coal...
§ 10.1-1407. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 696, 891.
§ 10.1-1407.1. Notification of local government of violation - Upon determining that there has been a violation of a...
§ 10.1-1408. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1988, cc. 696, 891.
§ 10.1-1408.1. Permit required; open dumps prohibited - A. No person shall operate any sanitary landfill or other...
§ 10.1-1408.2. Certification and on-site presence of facility operator - A. On and after January 1, 1993, no person shall...
§ 10.1-1408.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 23, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1408.4. Landfill siting review - A. Before granting a permit which approves site suitability for...
§ 10.1-1408.5. Special provisions regarding wetlands - A. The Director shall not issue any solid waste permit...
§ 10.1-1409. Revocation or amendment of permits - A. Any permit issued by the Director pursuant to this...
§ 10.1-1410. Financial responsibility for abandoned facilities; penalties - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations which ensure that if...
§ 10.1-1410.1. Sanitary landfill final closure plans; notification requirements - When any owner or operator of a sanitary landfill submits...
§ 10.1-1410.2. Landfill postclosure monitoring, maintenance and plans - A. The owner and operator of any solid waste landfill...
§ 10.1-1410.3. Operating burn pits at closed landfills - The Department shall develop policies and procedures to allow for...
§ 10.1-1411. Regional and local solid waste management plans - A. The Board is authorized to promulgate regulations specifying requirements...
§ 10.1-1412. Contracts by counties, cities and towns - Any county, city or town may enter into contracts for...
§ 10.1-1413. State aid to localities for solid waste disposal - A. To assist localities in the collection, transportation, disposal and...
§ 10.1-1413.1. Waste information and assessment program - A. The Department shall report by June 30 of each...
§ 10.1-1413.2. Requirements for landfill closure - The Department shall prioritize the closure of landfills that are...
§ 10.1-1413.3. Testing private wells and public water supply wells near coal ash ponds; resident notification - A. For the purposes of this section: "Coal ash pond"...
§ 10.1-1414. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1415. Litter Control Program - The Department shall support local, regional, and statewide programs to...
§ 10.1-1415.1. Labeling of plastic container products required; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to sell,...
§ 10.1-1415.2. Plastic holding device prohibited - A. On and after January 1, 1993, it shall be...
§ 10.1-1416. Collection and survey of litter - Collections and surveys of the kinds of litter that are...
§ 10.1-1417. Enforcement of article - The Department shall have the authority to contract with other...
§ 10.1-1418. Penalty for violation of article - Every person convicted of a violation of this article for...
§ 10.1-1418.1. Improper disposal of solid waste; civil penalties - A. It shall be the duty of all persons to...
§ 10.1-1418.2. Improper disposal of tires; exemption; penalty - A. For the purposes of this section: "Convenience center" means...
§ 10.1-1418.3. Liability for large waste tire pile fires; exclusions - A. For the purposes of this section: "Tire pile" means...
§ 10.1-1418.4. Removal of waste tire piles; cost recovery; right of entry - Notwithstanding any other provision, upon the failure of any owner...
§ 10.1-1418.5. Lien for waste tire pile removal - A. The Commonwealth shall have a lien, if perfected as...
§ 10.1-1419. Litter receptacles; placement; penalty for violations - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations establishing reasonable guidelines for...
§ 10.1-1420. Litter bag - The Department may design and produce a litter bag bearing...
§ 10.1-1421. Responsibility for removal of litter from receptacles - The responsibility for the removal of litter from litter receptacles...
§ 10.1-1422. Further duties of Department - In addition to the foregoing duties the Department shall: 1....
§ 10.1-1422.01. Litter Control and Recycling Fund established; use of moneys; purpose of Fund - A. All moneys collected from the civil penalties imposed pursuant...
§ 10.1-1422.02. Litter Control and Recycling Fund Advisory Board established; duties and responsibilities - There is hereby created the Litter Control and Recycling Fund...
§ 10.1-1422.03. Membership, meetings, and staffing - A. The Advisory Board shall consist of five persons appointed...
§ 10.1-1422.04. Local litter prevention and recycling grants; eligibility and funding process - The Director shall award local litter prevention and recycling grants...
§ 10.1-1422.05. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2009, c. 409, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1422.06. Beneficiation facility as manufacturer for grant purposes - For the purpose of any state or local economic development...
§ 10.1-1422.1. Disposal of waste tires - The Department shall develop and implement a plan for the...
§ 10.1-1422.2. Recycling residues; testing - The Department shall develop and implement a plan for the...
§ 10.1-1422.3. Waste Tire Trust Fund established; use of moneys; purpose of Fund - A. All moneys collected pursuant to § 58.1-642, minus the...
§ 10.1-1422.4. Partial reimbursement for waste tires; eligibility; promulgation of regulations - A. The intent of the partial reimbursement of costs under...
§ 10.1-1422.5. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2001, c. 569.
§ 10.1-1422.6. Used motor oil, other fluids for automotive engine maintenance, and oil filters; signs; establishment of statewide program - A. The Department shall establish a statewide management program for...
§ 10.1-1423. Notice to public required - Pertinent portions of this article shall be posted along the...
§ 10.1-1424. Allowing escape of load material; penalty - No vehicle shall be driven or moved on any highway...
§ 10.1-1424.1. Material containing fully halogenated chloro-fluorocarbons prohibited; penalty - A. On and after January 1, 1992, it shall be...
§ 10.1-1424.2. Products containing trichloroethylene prohibited; penalty - As of January 1, 2004, it shall be unlawful for...
§ 10.1-1424.3. Expanded polystyrene food service containers prohibited; civil penalty - A. Beginning July 1, 2023, no food vendor that is...
§ 10.1-1425. Preemption of certain local ordinances - The provisions of this article shall supersede and preempt any...
§ 10.1-1425.1. Lead acid batteries; land disposal prohibited; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to place...
§ 10.1-1425.2. Collection of lead acid batteries for recycling - Any person selling lead acid batteries at retail or offering...
§ 10.1-1425.3. Inspection of battery retailers; penalty - The Department shall produce, print, and distribute the notices required...
§ 10.1-1425.4. Lead acid battery wholesalers; penalty - A. It shall be unlawful for any person selling new...
§ 10.1-1425.5. Construction of article - The provisions of this article shall not be construed to...
§ 10.1-1425.6. Recycling programs of state agencies - A. It shall be the duty of each baccalaureate public...
§ 10.1-1425.7. Duty of the Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity - The Department of Small Business and Supplier Diversity shall assist...
§ 10.1-1425.8. Department of Transportation; authority and duty - The Department of Transportation is authorized to conduct recycling research...
§ 10.1-1425.9. Duties of the Department of Education - With the assistance of the Department of Waste Management, the...
§ 10.1-1425.10. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.11. Establishment of pollution prevention policy - It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth (i) that...
§ 10.1-1425.12. Pollution prevention assistance program - The Department shall establish a voluntary pollution prevention assistance program...
§ 10.1-1425.13. Pollution prevention advisory panels - The Director is authorized to name qualified persons to pollution...
§ 10.1-1425.14. Pilot projects - The Department may sponsor pilot projects to develop and demonstrate...
§ 10.1-1425.15. Waste exchange - The Department may establish an industrial environmental waste material exchange...
§ 10.1-1425.16. Trade secret protection - All trade secrets obtained pursuant to this article by the...
§ 10.1-1425.17. Evaluation report - The Department shall submit an annual report to the Governor...
§ 10.1-1425.18. Pollution prevention grants - The Department may make grants to identify pollution prevention opportunities...
§ 10.1-1425.19. Inspections and enforcement actions by the Department - A. The Department shall seek to ensure, where appropriate, that...
§ 10.1-1425.20. Findings and intent - A. The General Assembly finds that: 1. The management of...
§ 10.1-1425.21. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.22. Schedule for removal of incidental amounts of heavy metals - A. On and after July 1, 1995, no manufacturer or...
§ 10.1-1425.23. Exemptions - The following packaging and packaging components shall be exempt from...
§ 10.1-1425.24. Certificate of compliance - A. On and after July 1, 1995, each manufacturer or...
§ 10.1-1425.25. Promulgation of regulations - The Board may promulgate regulations if regulations are necessary to...
§ 10.1-1425.26. Cathode ray tube and mercury thermostat special waste recycling program - A. As used in this section "cathode ray tube" means...
§ 10.1-1425.27. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1425.28. Applicability - A. The collection, recycling, and reuse provisions of this article...
§ 10.1-1425.29. Manufacturer recovery plan - A. Before a manufacturer may offer computer equipment for sale...
§ 10.1-1425.30. Reporting requirements - Each manufacturer shall publish a report on its publicly accessible...
§ 10.1-1425.31. Retailer responsibility - A person who is a retailer of computer equipment may...
§ 10.1-1425.32. Liability for information stored on computers - A manufacturer, manufacturer's designee, or retailer of computer equipment is...
§ 10.1-1425.33. Department responsibilities - A. The Department shall maintain a list of manufacturers on...
§ 10.1-1425.34. Enforcement - The Office of the Attorney General may enforce the provisions...
§ 10.1-1425.35. Financial and proprietary information - Financial or proprietary information submitted to the Department under this...
§ 10.1-1425.36. Fees not authorized - This article does not authorize the Department to impose a...
§ 10.1-1425.37. Consumer responsibilities - A consumer is responsible for any information in any form...
§ 10.1-1425.38. Sound environmental management - All computer equipment collected under this article shall be recycled...
§ 10.1-1425.39. Rechargeable battery recycling and disposal program - A. As used in this section "rechargeable battery" means any...
§ 10.1-1426. Permits required; waiver of requirements; reports; conditional permits - A. No person shall store, provide treatment for, or dispose...
§ 10.1-1427. Revocation, suspension or amendment of permits - A. Any permit issued by the Director pursuant to this...
§ 10.1-1428. Financial responsibility for abandoned facilities; penalties - A. The Board shall promulgate regulations which ensure that, if...
§ 10.1-1429. Notice of release of hazardous substance - Any person responsible for the release of a hazardous substance...
§ 10.1-1429.1. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 378, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 10.1-1429.4. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2002, c. 378, cl. 2, effective July...
§ 10.1-1430. Authority of Governor to enter into agreements with federal government; effect on federal licenses - The Governor is authorized to enter into agreements with the...
§ 10.1-1431. Authority of Board to enter into agreements with federal government, other states or interstate agencies; training programs for personnel - A. The Board, with the prior approval of the Governor,...
§ 10.1-1432. Further powers of Board - The Board shall have the power, subject to the approval...
§ 10.1-1433. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1434. Additional powers and duties of the Board - A. In addition to its other powers and duties, with...
§ 10.1-1435. Certification of site approval required; "construction" defined; remedies - A. No person shall construct or commence construction of a...
§ 10.1-1436. Site approval criteria - A. The Board shall promulgate criteria for approval of hazardous...
§ 10.1-1437. Notice of intent to file application for certification of site approval - A. Any person may submit to the Board a notice...
§ 10.1-1438. Powers of governing body of host community; technical assistance - A. The governing body of a host community shall have...
§ 10.1-1439. Briefing meetings - A. Not more than seventy-five nor less than sixty days...
§ 10.1-1440. Impact analysis - A. The applicant shall submit to the Board a draft...
§ 10.1-1441. Application for certification of site approval - A. At any time within six months after submission of...
§ 10.1-1442. Negotiations; siting agreement - A. The governing body or its designated representatives and the...
§ 10.1-1443. Draft certification of site approval - A. Within thirty days after receipt of the governing body's...
§ 10.1-1444. Public hearing on draft certification of site approval - A. The Board shall conduct a public hearing on the...
§ 10.1-1445. Final decision on certification of site approval - A. Within forty-five days after the close of the public...
§ 10.1-1446. Effect of certification - A. Grant of certification of site approval shall supersede any...
§ 10.1-1447. Public participation; notice - A. Public participation in the development, revision and implementation of...
§ 10.1-1448. Technical Assistance Fund - A special fund, to be known as the Technical Assistance...
§ 10.1-1449. Siting Dedicated Revenue Fund - There is hereby established in the state treasury a special...
§ 10.1-1450. Waste Management Board to promulgate regulations regarding hazardous materials - The Board shall promulgate regulations designating the manner and method...
§ 10.1-1451. Enforcement of article and regulations - The Department of State Police and all other law-enforcement officers...
§ 10.1-1452. Article not to preclude exercise of certain regulatory powers - The provisions of this article shall not preclude the exercise...
§ 10.1-1453. Exceptions - This article shall not apply to regular military or naval...
§ 10.1-1454. Transportation under United States regulations - Any person transporting hazardous materials in accordance with regulations promulgated...
§ 10.1-1454.1. Regulation of wastes transported by water - A. The Board shall develop regulations governing the commercial transport,...
§ 10.1-1454.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, c. 830.
§ 10.1-1454.3. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2007, c. 23, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1455. Penalties and enforcement - A. Any person who violates any provision of this chapter,...
§ 10.1-1456. Right of entry to inspect, etc.; warrants - Upon presentation of appropriate credentials and upon consent of the...
§ 10.1-1457. Judicial review - A. Except as provided in subsection B, any person aggrieved...
§ 10.1-1458. Persons to provide plans, specifications, and information - Every person the Department has reason to believe is generating,...
Chapter 15 - Southeast Interstate Low-Level Radioactive Waste Management Compact
§ 10.1-1500. Compact entered into and enacted into law - The Commonwealth of Virginia hereby enters into and enacts into...
§ 10.1-1501. Commissioners and alternates - The Governor shall appoint two Commissioners and two alternates pursuant...
§ 10.1-1502. Expenses of Commissioners and alternates - The Commissioners and alternates shall be reimbursed out of moneys...
§ 10.1-1503. Cooperation of state and local agencies - All agencies, departments and officers of the Commonwealth and its...
§ 10.1-1504. Board to enforce Compact; penalty - The Virginia Waste Management Board is authorized to enforce the...
Chapter 16 - Virginia Recreational Facilities Authority Act
§ 10.1-1600. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1601. Authority created - In order to (i) provide a high quality recreational attraction...
§ 10.1-1602. Board of directors - The Authority shall be governed by a board of directors...
§ 10.1-1603. Powers of Authority - The Authority is granted all powers necessary or convenient for...
§ 10.1-1604. Form, terms, and execution of bonds - A. The bonds of each issue shall be dated, shall...
§ 10.1-1605. Issuance and sale of bonds - The bonds may be issued in coupon or in registered...
§ 10.1-1606. Use of bond proceeds - The proceeds of the bonds of each issue shall be...
§ 10.1-1607. Interim receipts or temporary bonds - The Authority is authorized to issue interim receipts or temporary...
§ 10.1-1608. Faith and credit of Commonwealth or political subdivision not pledged - No obligation of the Authority shall constitute a debt, or...
§ 10.1-1609. Expenses of the Authority - All expenses incurred in carrying out the provisions of this...
§ 10.1-1610. Trust agreement securing bonds - In the discretion of the Authority any bonds issued under...
§ 10.1-1611. Moneys received deemed trust funds - All moneys received pursuant to the authority of this chapter,...
§ 10.1-1612. Proceedings by bondholder or trustee to enforce rights - Any holder of bonds issued under the provisions of this...
§ 10.1-1613. Bonds made securities for investment and deposit - Bonds issued by the Authority under the provisions of this...
§ 10.1-1614. Revenue refunding bonds; bonds for refunding and for cost of additional projects - The Authority is authorized to provide for the issuance of...
§ 10.1-1615. Grants or loans of public or private funds - The Authority is authorized to accept, receive, receipt for, disburse,...
§ 10.1-1616. Exemption from taxes or assessments - The exercise of the powers granted by this chapter is...
§ 10.1-1617. Moneys of Authority - All moneys of the Authority, from whatever source derived, shall...
§ 10.1-1618. Title to property - The Authority may acquire title to property in its own...
§ 10.1-1619. Violation of regulations - Violation of any regulation adopted pursuant to § 10.1-1603 which...
§ 10.1-1620. Appointment of special conservators of the peace - The chairman of the Authority or his designee may apply...
§ 10.1-1621. Conveyance or lease of park to Authority - The Commonwealth or any county, municipality, or other public body...
§ 10.1-1622. Recordation of conveyances of real estate to Authority - No deed purporting to convey real estate to the Authority...
Chapter 17 - Open-Space Land Act
§ 10.1-1700. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-1701. Authority of public bodies to acquire or designate property for use as open-space land - To carry out the purposes of this chapter, any public...
§ 10.1-1702. Further powers of public bodies - A. A public body shall have the powers necessary or...
§ 10.1-1703. Acquisition of title subject to reservation of farming or timber rights; acquisition of easements, etc.; property to be made available for farming and timber uses - Any public body is authorized to acquire (i) unrestricted fee...
§ 10.1-1704. Diversion of property from open-space land use; conveyance or lease of open-space land - A. No open-space land, the title to or interest or...
§ 10.1-1705. Chapter controlling over other laws; powers supplemental - Insofar as the provisions of this chapter are inconsistent with...
§ 10.1-1705.1. Construction - Notwithstanding any provision of law to the contrary, an easement...
Chapter 18 - Virginia Outdoors Foundation
§ 10.1-1800. Establishment and administration of Foundation; appointment, terms, chairman, quorum, etc., of board of trustees - The Virginia Outdoors Foundation is established to promote the preservation...
§ 10.1-1801. Powers of Foundation - The Virginia Outdoors Foundation shall have the following general powers:...
§ 10.1-1801.1. Open-Space Lands Preservation Trust Fund - A. The Foundation shall establish, administer, manage, including the creation...
§ 10.1-1801.2. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2003, cc. 78 and 90, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-1802. Annual report - The Foundation shall submit an annual report to the Governor...
§ 10.1-1803. Gifts, devises and bequests - Gifts, devises or bequests, whether personal or real property, and...
§ 10.1-1804. Cooperation of state agencies, etc. - All state officers, agencies, commissions, departments, and institutions are directed...
Chapter 19 - Virginia Beach Erosion Council
§ 10.1-1900. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1989, c. 659.
Chapter 20 - Virginia Museum of Natural History
§ 10.1-2000. Museum created; essential governmental function - There is hereby created an institution of the Commonwealth of...
§ 10.1-2001. Purposes - The purposes of the Virginia Museum of Natural History are:...
§ 10.1-2002. Board of trustees; appointment of members - The Museum shall be governed by a board of trustees...
§ 10.1-2003. Terms of members; vacancies - The members of the Board shall be appointed for terms...
§ 10.1-2004. Annual meeting; Officers of Board; executive committee - The Board shall designate one regular meeting to be held...
§ 10.1-2005. Oath of members - Before entering upon the discharge of his duties, each member...
§ 10.1-2006. Bonds of members - Each member of the Board shall be bonded in accordance...
§ 10.1-2007. Meetings of Board - The Board shall establish a regular meeting schedule and may...
§ 10.1-2008. Quorum of Board - A simple majority of the members of the Board then...
§ 10.1-2009. Powers and duties of Board - A. The Board is hereby authorized: 1. To manage, control,...
§ 10.1-2010. Agents and employees - The Director may engage or authorize the engagement of agents...
§ 10.1-2011. Acceptance of gifts; expenditures; certain powers of educational institutions to apply - A. The Board is authorized to receive and administer grants...
§ 10.1-2012. Annual report - The Board of Trustees shall submit an annual report to...
Chapter 21 - Chesapeake Bay Preservation Act
§ 10.1-2100. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2102. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 785 and 819, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2103. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2105. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2005, c. 41, c. 2.
§ 10.1-2106. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2112. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 785 and 819, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2113. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2013, cc. 756 and 793, cl. 2.
§ 10.1-2116. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2004, c. 1000.
Chapter 21.1 - Virginia Water Quality Improvement Act of 1997
§ 10.1-2117. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2118. Cooperative program established - It shall be the policy of the Commonwealth, and it...
§ 10.1-2119. Effect of chapter on other governmental authority - The authorities and powers granted by the provisions of this...
§ 10.1-2120. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2121. Cooperative point source pollution program - In order to restore, protect and improve the quality of...
§ 10.1-2122. Additional powers and duties of the Director - In furtherance of the purposes of this article, the Director...
§ 10.1-2123. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2124. Cooperative nonpoint source pollution program - A. The state has the responsibility under Article XI of...
§ 10.1-2125. Powers and duties of the Board - The Board, in meeting its responsibilities under the cooperative program...
§ 10.1-2126. Additional powers and duties of Director - A. In furtherance of the purposes of this article, the...
§ 10.1-2127. Nonpoint source pollution water quality assessment - A. The Department, in conjunction with other state agencies, shall...
§ 10.1-2127.1. Definitions - As used in this article, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2128. Virginia Water Quality Improvement Fund established; purposes - A. There is hereby established in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-2128.1. Virginia Natural Resources Commitment Fund established - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-2128.2. Nutrient Offset Fund; purposes - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-2129. Agency coordination; conditions of grants - A. If, in any fiscal year beginning on or after...
§ 10.1-2130. General provisions related to grants from the Fund - All Water Quality Improvement Grants shall be governed by a...
§ 10.1-2131. Point source pollution funding; conditions for approval - A. The Department of Environmental Quality (the Department) shall be...
§ 10.1-2132. Nonpoint source pollution funding; conditions for approval - A. The Department of Conservation and Recreation shall be the...
§ 10.1-2133. Annual report by State Comptroller - The State Comptroller shall, by January 1 of each year,...
§ 10.1-2134. Annual report by Directors of the Departments of Environmental Quality and Conservation and Recreation - The Directors of the Departments of Environmental Quality and Conservation...
§ 10.1-2134.1. Water Quality Improvement Fund; estimate of requests - The Department of Environmental Quality (the Department), in consultation with...
Chapter 21.2 - Foundation for Virginia's Natural Resources
§ 10.1-2135. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 2012, cc. 803 and 835, cl. 98.
Chapter 22 - Historic Resources
§ 10.1-2200. Definitions - As used in this subtitle, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2201. Department created; appointment of Director; Director to serve as State Historic Preservation Officer - There is hereby created a Department of Historic Resources. The...
§ 10.1-2202. Powers and duties of the Director - In addition to the powers and duties conferred upon the...
§ 10.1-2202.1. Historic Resources Fund established; administration; purpose - A. There is hereby established a special, nonreverting fund in...
§ 10.1-2202.2. Preservation Easement Fund established; uses - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-2202.3. Stewardship of state-owned historic properties - A. In order to consider the broad public interest and...
§ 10.1-2202.4. Virginia Battlefield Preservation Fund established; eligibility; uses - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
§ 10.1-2202.5. Virginia Black, Indigenous, and People of Color Historic Preservation Fund; established - A. As used in this section: "Eligible costs" means acquisition...
§ 10.1-2203. Board of Historic Resources membership; appointment; terms - A. The Virginia Historic Landmarks Board within the executive branch...
§ 10.1-2204. Duties of Board of Historic Resources - A. The Board of Historic Resources shall: 1. Designate historic...
§ 10.1-2205. Board shall promulgate regulations; penalty - The Board shall promulgate regulations necessary to carry out its...
§ 10.1-2206. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 801.
§ 10.1-2206.1. Procedure for designating a historic district, building, structure, or site as a historic landmark; National Register of Historic Places, National Historic Landmarks; historic district defined - A. In any county, city, or town where the Board...
§ 10.1-2206.2. Consent of owners required for certain designations by the Board - A. Before the Board shall designate any building, structure, district,...
§ 10.1-2207. Property to reflect change in market value - Where the Commonwealth has obtained from a landowner an easement...
§ 10.1-2208. Supervision of expenditure of appropriations made to localities and private organizations - The Director shall oversee the expenditure of state appropriations made...
§ 10.1-2208.1. Expired - Expired.
§ 10.1-2209. Erection of markers, requirements, etc., without certificate of approval forbidden - It shall be unlawful to post or erect any historical...
§ 10.1-2210. Erection of markers by local governing bodies - A. The governing body of any county, city or town...
§ 10.1-2211. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Confederate cemeteries and graves - A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of...
§ 10.1-2211.1. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for Revolutionary War cemeteries and graves - A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of...
§ 10.1-2211.1:1. Revolutionary War Cemeteries and Graves Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 10.1-2211.2. Disbursement of funds appropriated for caring for historical African American cemeteries and graves - A. For purposes of this section: "Fund" means the Historical...
§ 10.1-2211.3. Historical African American Cemeteries and Graves Fund - There is hereby created in the state treasury a special...
§ 10.1-2212. Listing of certain historical societies receiving appropriations - A. At the direction of the Director, the Comptroller of...
§ 10.1-2213. Procedure for appropriation of state funds for historic preservation - A. No state funds, other than for the maintenance and...
§ 10.1-2213.1. Matching grants for contributions to a material restoration of a Presidential home - A. As used in this section, unless the context requires...
§ 10.1-2214. Underwater historic property; penalty - A. "Underwater historic property" means any submerged shipwreck, vessel, cargo,...
§ 10.1-2215. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1992, c. 592.
Chapter 23 - Virginia Antiquities Act
§ 10.1-2300. Definitions - As used in this chapter, unless the context requires a...
§ 10.1-2301. Duties of Director - The Director shall: 1. Coordinate all archaeological research on state-controlled...
§ 10.1-2302. Permit required to conduct field investigations; ownership of objects of antiquity; penalty - A. It is unlawful for any person to conduct any...
§ 10.1-2303. Control of archaeological sites; authority of Director to contract - A. The Commonwealth of Virginia reserves to itself, through the...
§ 10.1-2304. Designating archaeological sites and zones - The Director may designate state archaeological sites and state archaeological...
§ 10.1-2305. Permit required for the archaeological excavation of human remains - A. It shall be unlawful for any person to conduct...
§ 10.1-2306. Violations; penalty - A. It is unlawful to intentionally deface, damage, destroy, displace,...
Chapter 24 - Virginia Historic Preservation Foundation
§ 10.1-2400. Repealed - Repealed by Acts 1999, c. 558, effective January 1, 2003.
Chapter 24.1 - Historic Preservation Trust Fund
§ 10.1-2404.1. Establishment of Historic Preservation Trust Fund - The Board of Trustees of the Virginia Historic Preservation Foundation...
§ 10.1-2404.2. Operations of fund; termination - A. The Trust Fund shall consist of the property received...
Chapter 25 - Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund
§ 10.1-2500. Virginia Environmental Emergency Response Fund established - A. There is hereby established the Virginia Environmental Emergency Response...
§ 10.1-2501. Administration of the Fund - All moneys received by the State Treasurer for the civil...
§ 10.1-2502. Disbursements from the Fund; transfer of funds to the Small Business Environmental Compliance Assistance Fund - The disbursement of moneys from the Fund shall be made...
§ 10.1-2503. Virginia Offshore Energy Emergency Response Fund established - A. There is hereby created in the state treasury a...
Chapter 26 - Invasive Species Council
§ 10.1-2600. Expired - Expired.